2^nd Bluegrass Algebra Conference




organized by
Alberto Corso     Uwe Nagel
 
Department of Mathematics
University of Kentucky
Lexington
March 6-8, 2009

The conference continues a well established tradition of commutative algebra and algebraic geometry meetings in the Midwest, among which we single out MAGC97 at the University of Notre Dame in 1997, BACH² at the University of Kentucky in 2003, the Lipman-Fest at Purdue University in 2004, MAGIC'05 at the University of Notre Dame in 2005, the Purdue-UIC Workshop at Purdue University in 2006, and the Hartshorne's 70th birthday conference at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2008. A long term goal is to create strong interactions among a sizeable number of established centers in commutative algebra and in algebraic geometry that are located in the Midwest, within a 150 mile radius. Primarily, this goal will be achieved by promoting a series of bi-annual rotating conferences (such as this upcoming meeting!) and by supporting the mobility of local graduate students, junior faculty members and visitors.

In order to enhance the visibility of mathematics among the diverse population of the University of Kentucky students, the conference will be preceded by a lecture aimed at the undergraduate level. The lecture will be delivered by Professor David Cox (Amherst College) and it is scheduled at 4:00pm on Thursday, March 5, 2009, in room 114 of the Classroom Building (CB114).

The official beginning of the conference will be marked by a colloquium talk delivered by Professor Steven Kleiman (MIT), which is scheduled at 4:00pm on Friday, March 6, 2009, in room 114 of the Classroom Building (CB114).

The list of distinguished researchers that have agreed to give a talk during this series of events includes:

                    David Cox, Amherst College
                    Geometric modeling and the Rees algebra
                          Lawrence Ein, University of Illinois at Chicago
                          Ascending chain condition for log-canonical thresholds
                    Steven Kleiman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
                    The canonical model of a singular curve
                          Andrew Kustin, University of South Carolina
                          Defining equations of Rees algebras
                    Sonja Petrovic, University of Illinois at Chicago
                    Toric ideals in algebraic statistics
                          Paul Roberts, University of Utah
                          Fontaine Rings and Local Cohomology
                    Maria Evelina Rossi, Università di Genova (Italy)
                    Consecutive cancellations in Betti numbers of local rings
                          Hal Schenck, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
                          Geometry and syzygies of rational surfaces associated to
                           line configurations in P²: A tale of two algebras
                    Javid Validashti, University of Kansas
                    Multiplicities and Integral Dependence of Modules


These events are partially supported with funds made available from the following sources:

1. the Department of Mathematics of the University of Kentucky;
2. the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Kentucky
3. the Vice President for Research of the University of Kentucky;
4. the National Science Foundation through the Special Algebra Meetings in the Midwest grant (NSF DMS-0753127) coordinated by A. Corso (U. of Kentucky), S. Dutta (U. of Illinois at Urbana), L. Ein (U. of Illinois at Chicago), C. Polini (U. of Notre Dame), and B. Ulrich (Purdue U.).

Corrections to: algebra_uky_09@ms.uky.edu
Last update: 02/03/2009